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autobús

nounBeginnerHigh frequency

What does “autobús” mean in English?

  1. bus

Example sentences

  • Tomo el autobús para ir al trabajo.

    I take the bus to work.

  • Vamos en autobús.

    We're going by bus.

  • Hay muchos autobuses en la calle.

    There are many buses on the street.

How to use it

Autobús means 'bus'. Masculine: el autobús. Plural autobuses drops the accent. Regional variants: bus (short), camión (Mexico, urban bus), guagua (Caribbean).

Common mistake

Drop the accent in the plural autobús → autobuses. The stress shifts naturally to the penultimate syllable.

Topics

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.